Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," was the height of scandal upon publication, especially when Marie Antoinette was found to have a copy by her bedside (it was actually mentioned as evidence of her depravity in the years to come). Since then, the novel has been the basis for four stupendous major motion pictures, a sensational play, and a host of rip-off projects. It's that good (and it's yours truly's all-time favorite book), that intense, that complex. Leave it to Michael Lucas to shoot a porn version (the second in the span of a few years) and do it with so much style and so much extravagance that I have to regard this as the fifth major motion picture of sorts and something that will for sure be by my bedside when they come to look into my depravity. It cost a bundle and it looks like it at every turn. The cast is made up of dependable vets plus two newcomers who joins their ranks immediately, and the production values are astronomical. It's one sordidly invigorating sex flick on top of all that!
Thankfully, Lucas hasn't done this as a period piece. But, that doesn't mean it lacks for opulence. In fact, the first shot is Gus Mattox getting into a limo. The second is sex in the shower in an apartment so plush this could only be a story of the rich and famous. The spacious manse belongs to Michael Lucas. Gus, playing a fashion photographer, sets up an unseen video camera in Michael's apartment and then sits down for a chat. Michael has a dastardly plan in mind, aiming getting back at former fashionista boyfriend Kent Larson. Kent is now dating model Wilfried Knight, so the bearded heavenly Gus is to sleep with Wilfried and thus ruin Kent's belief in monogamy. But Gus demurs. "It's too easy, I'd have him on his back in a minute." In return, Gus asks Michael for an "indiscretion," but now it's Michael demurring, saying he's in a relationship. His boyfriend happens to be gorgeous newcomer Bruce Beckham. "Off limits!" snaps Michael when Gus drools over Bruce.
I have to credit director Michael Lucas and writer Tony DiMarco for not only tackling such a familiar piece, but doing it with such a pornographer's sense. This is not a condensed version of the book (which is written in epistolary format and totally unsuited to a literal cinematic translation) and not a rehash of the 1989 movie version, though it does borrow liberally for dialogue. Instead, it is a re-telling of the de Laclos story of treachery and seduction in the confines of modern porn, meaning a manageable cast with lots of reasons to fall into bed. There is utter faith to the spirit of the original's compact character-focused vision, most notable in the lack of the ever-present Lucas orgy scene. Something like that wouldn't belong. But, Lucas and DiMarco are fastidious in creating three-dimensional characters and keeping the plot zipping along without extraneous trappings or unnecessary melodrama, which the book lacks entirely except in the case of one character. This forces the models to be astutely on their game, not only delivering on their sex scenes incredibly, but developing personalities. Gus Mattox is the clear winner when it comes to the non-sex work, but, guy, does he have competition when the clothes are off. Bruce Beckham and J. make most auspicious entries into the Lucas family, and they fit perfectly into place with such daunting pros as Gus, Owen Hawk, Kent Larson and Lucas' greatest discovery, Wilfried Knight. Lucas obviously has the intent here to create something other than just standard porn, but it's ultimately the sex that defines a project like this. "Dangerous Liaisons" has some of the best sex in the Lucas Entertainment cannon, so on that account, it's as successful as the sum total of its expensive parts.
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